The second in a 3 part series on lesson planning - this set of slides deals with the procedure page. For a free, voiced over presentation of this, visit elt-training.com

1. Lesson Planning II-
Procedure

4. Possible stages…..

5. Beginning
Middle
End

6. Possible stages…..
..of a receptive
skills lesson

7. Set a gist task
Read/listen
Peer check
Class feedback
Warmer/ lead in
(Pre-teach vocabulary)
Set a second task
Read/listen
Peer check
Class feedback
Language work/ productive skills practice

8. Possible stages…..
of a language
lesson

9. Controlled
practice
Warmer/ lead in
Language presentation
Freer practice
PPP

10. Restricted output
Warmer/ lead in
Clarification
Authentic output
ARC
(Scrivener)

11. Different models
eg…
PPP
TTT
TBL
For a video presentation on different
models of language presentation, look
under the ‘methodology’ section at
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12. Stage aims.
Why bother
with them?
They help to clarify the
purpose of an activity.

13. Remember they
are the..
‘Why?’
NOT the ‘What?’

14. Warmer
Authentic task
Language
clarification
Controlled practice
Freer practice
TestTeachTest

15. Warmer
Authentic task
Language
clarification
Controlled practice
Freer practice
To ensure learners have a good understanding of the
meaning, form and pronunciation of the target language
TestTeachTest
To allow the teacher to judge how well
the learners can use the target language
To give learners an opportunity to consolidate
their understanding of the target language
To give learners an opportunity to use the
target language in a more authentic way
To engage learners and
activate schemata

17. Teacher
(T)

18. Teacher Students
(T-Ss)

19. Closed pairs
(S-S)

20. Students working
individually (S)

21. Group work –
teacher monitoring
(Ss)

22. T
T-Ss
T
S-S
T
T
T-Ss

27. Set a gist task
Read/listen
Peer check
Class feedback
Warmer/ lead in
(Pre-teach vocabulary)
Set a second task
Read/listen
Peer check
Class feedback
Language work/ productive skills practice

28. Set a gist task
Read/listen
Peer check
Class feedback
Warmer/ lead in
(Pre-teach vocabulary)
Set a second task
Read/listen
Peer check
Class feedback
Language work/ productive skills practice

29. Controlled
practice
Warmer/ lead in
Language presentation
Freer practice
PPP

30. Controlled
practice
Warmer/ lead in
Language presentation
Freer practice
PPP

31. The answer?
Be conservative
with your
timings….

32. ….and keep an extra
something up your sleeve…

33. 2 mins
5 mins
10 mins

34. 2pm
2.06
2.16
2.19

35. How much
detail?

36. Lesson Planning I
Aims & the front page
Lesson Planning III
Anticipating problems